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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

388 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 20

Singleton Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

The entries for the forthcoming Singleton Show, which closed on the 15th instant, show a considerable decrease on the previous year, although many of the…

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The Singleton Show. an Attractive Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

The annual show of the Northern Agricultural Association will he opened at Singleton on Wednesday next, and continued on Thursday and Friday. Excellent entries have…

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St. Andrew's Fair

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

Attention is directed to the fact that a fair will be held at the Mechannic's Institute Hall next week for the purpose of raising funds in aid of…

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Poster Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

'A' grand poster carnival in aid of the Maitland Hospital and Benevolent Society will take place at the Adelphi Skatiting Rink on Wednesday evening next. The affair…

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St. Paul's Norwegian Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

This fair will be open in the Town Hall on Wednesday, and three following days next week. At the opening ceremony, which is to be performed by Mrs. J. E. Wood, of Newcastle, a Norwegian dance in…

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The Singleton Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

It is said that should the weather be favourable on Thursday next a large number of residents will visit the singleton show…

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The Approaching Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

Arrangements are being perfected in connection with the Singleton Show, which commences next Wednesday, and will be continued on Thursday and…

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Agricultural Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agriculture and Horticulture Association was held on the Show Ground yesterday afternoon. Mr. Robert Scobie,…

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St. Paul's Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

We are reminded To-day that the wegian Fair in the Town Hall opens to-morrow afternoon. The advertisement says, "Haandarbeide, Blomster, Madvarer,…

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The Singleton Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

As this is Show week and the opening day [?] there is naturally some [?] in town, as is generally the case when this important event…

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Grand Poster Carnival, [?] of the Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

A grand poster carnival in aid of the [?] Hospital and Benevolent Society will take place in the Adelphi Stating Rink to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. Mrs. W. Corper, of Newcastle, has kindly…

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Local and General. The Singleton show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The annual show of the Northern 'Agricultural Association will he opened at Singleton to-morrow, and as there is every promise of beautiful weather and the' entries are up…

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The Singleton Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 4

It was particularly unfortunate that the opening of the Singleton Show to-day, after the long spell of dry weather experienced daring the winter months, should have been interfered with, by…

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The Singleton Show. the Opening Day. Unfavourable Weather Conditions Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 5

The thirty-eighth animal show or the Northern Agricultural Association opened this morning in dismal conditions, for holiday-makers at least, for rain began to fall…

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The Singleton Show. Thirty-eighth Exhibition. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

Last yoar's show of the Northern Agricultural Association was distinguished from its Hollows by the fact that it was the only one of the many in the State that was…

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The Norwegian Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 4

The Norwegian Fair at the Toen Hall was continued yesterday afternoon after our report concluded, when the following musical items were rendered :—Song "Love's…

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St. Andrews Fair. An Attractive Function

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

Last night the above Fair, held in aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, was opened in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute…

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Singleton Show Thirty-eighth Anniversary

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

Yesterday witnessed the opening of the thirty-eighth Show, under the auspices of the Northern Agricultural Association. UP to a few weeks ago,…

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The Fair Cynic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 3

The Cynic says she's tired of things, Awaking or asleep; And if the dream of life should end It wouldn't make her weep…

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The Norwegian Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

In consequence of the wet weather, the attendance at the Norwegian Fair, which opened at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, has not been so large as would otherwise have been the case, and in…

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